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Showing posts with label hotd. Show all posts

Sunday, January 04, 2026

An ode to the Trio.

Every December, our book club gets together to recommend the next year of books. We each bring 1-2 and do a mini "book report," and then get a certain number of playing cards to put on the books we'd most like to read.

January usually gets the short straw because we meet on the first Wednesday, and tend to pick the quickest read as the first book. This year was no different - the group chose Mornings Without Mii by Mayumi Inaba. I am usually all about Japanese books about cats, but I absolutely cannot recommend this book. I disliked it so much that I don't even want to talk about it on Wednesday. 

But I will go, and I will talk about it, and to get my mind off it between now and then I present three tributes to our furballs. 

BABs (bad-ass bernie):
you barrel through the cat door
like cosmo kramer

hank, or hank the tank:
timid but affectionate,
solid as a rock
old man sir simon:
slowing down as the years pass
still such a presence

Friday, April 24, 2015

Fairweather flightless bird fan.

if they hadn't lost
i would spend the next six weeks
pretending to care

Monday, March 23, 2015

And you can do the same about my typos.

i refuse to read
more posts by bloggers who use
"peak" instead of "peek"

Friday, March 22, 2013

File under: Ow. Ow ow ow ow ow.

really, you would think
i'd remember that french fries
are not a good thing

Saturday, February 02, 2013

And I can eat them with cheese!

homemade almond milk
equals lots of wasted pulp...
finally! a cure

Friday, February 01, 2013

Skills to pay the bills.

strategic planning:
better to employ in life
than the 9 to 5

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Spring cleaning, part two.

most important rule
first freecycler to respond
is going to flake

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Spring cleaning, part one.

it seems criminal
to recycle hemingway
coffee-stained or not

Saturday, December 08, 2012

(About either of them.)

just a smidge jealous
joy met barefoot contessa
say "who?", you're disowned

Or the foundation of a beauty school dropout.

welcome to my world
in which tp rolls become
christmas ornaments

happy holidays!

Saturday, December 01, 2012

Well, with 8 hours of sleep in between... and some coffee.

today i learned that
four drinks, no dinner, late show,
twelve miles = possible

Friday, November 09, 2012

Plans!

three emails this week:
"portland!"  "portland?"  "in portland"
love when friends visit

Tuesday, November 06, 2012

Pins and needles...

good job, florida
lookin' good, my maryland
virginia... deep sigh

ears versus forehead
this is how some people vote
sadly not kidding

i'll give YOU four years
and a crapload of issues...
let's see what you do

organic farming
not seventeen billion kids
sends the right message


varied results from
fox vs huffington post
quite interesting

really, fox?

however it ends
democracy in action
is pretty damn cool

to democracy!

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Ode to Frank Turner.

wrote you an email
you actually replied
indebted fans for life

Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Maryland, my Maryland.

maryland blue crab
one bushel plus four hours
nowhere close to full

before

after

splitting half and half
annapolis, baltimore
really good idea

Annapolis

Baltimore

mentally taxing
and physically exhausting
but still a good trip

(hotel in Baltimore, also really good idea)

Friday, September 28, 2012

OMMMMMM and some junk.

practicing patience
and "you can DO IT" mantra...
only six more months

Haiku to TriMet.

i did not expect
a huge decrease in service
with the last fare hike

(Thursday's HOTD.  Not funny, but true.)

Oh, THAT'S why you were yelling at me.

thank you, shirtless man
for pointing out the bee swarm
though you were just weird

(Wednesday's HOTD.  I can't figure out how to retroactively post under blogger's new format.)

Monday, September 17, 2012

Let's just keep going.

wrapping up road trip
with whiskey and Long Way Down
not a good idea

Friday, September 07, 2012

File under: owwwww.

oh stomach issues
how i have soooo not missed you
let me count the ways